Al Gore on Oprah

I recorded Al Gore's appearance on Oprah yesterday, and I just took a look at it.

1. Gore's segment was astonishly short (about 5 minutes) and perfunctory.

2. I thought Oprah's quote here was telling:

When Oprah turns on the television, she says she sees a lot more "green" products being advertised. "Green is what 'no carbs' were five years ago," she says.

3. Oprah also said that "Al used the cash award from the Nobel Peace Prize and his own money to pay for that [$300 million ad] campaign."

Gore quickly added "...with the help from a lot of others, too."

Mainstream journalists seem strangely disinterested in finding out who those "others" are.

4. Note that while this Gore appearance was all about the dangers of CO2, the topic seems completely missing from candidate Gore's September 2000 Oprah appearance.

Remember, Gore said this in 1992:

"Only an insignificant fraction of scientists deny the global warming crisis. The time for debate is over. The science is settled."

5. From a related post here:

Some mumbling by Al Gore at the end for good measure. (The audience seemed to clap more when they learned they would receive a free box of soy candles than for poor Al.)

6. Following his latest Oprah segment, there seems to be a significant amount of criticism of Gore on Oprah's web site.